This long-lost gem from 1897 comes from one of 19th-century England's most popular and prolific writers of nautical literature. William Clark Russell's short stories and novels were so widely read that they were mentioned in other novels of the day. After writing a dense and lengthy biography of Horatio Nelson that left no stone unturned about the naval hero's life, Russell penned this popular collection of biographical sketches focusing solely on the action-filled episodes of the Nelson saga, much more in the vein of Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester.